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root@ubuntu error messages

by PudgyOne Jul 14, 2006 12:43PM PDT

root @ ubuntu error messages.

How do I correct these?

configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'NOLOGIN_STR' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_HZ' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'CHFN_AUTH' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'CLOSE_SESSIONS' (notify administrator)

Thanks

Rick

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Did you research this?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 14, 2006 1:04PM PDT

Hint:

http://www.google.com/search?q=configuration+error+-+unknown+item+%27QUOTAS_ENAB%27+%28notify+administrator%29&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=mozilla&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial

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Thanks Bob

by PudgyOne Jul 14, 2006 3:26PM PDT

Thanks Bob, I should have done that first. I didn't realize that there would be an easy result.

The answer is

sudo mv /etc/login.defs /etc/login.defs.bad
sudo mv /etc/login.defs.dpkg-dist /etc/login.defs

Information came from

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/misc/57859-su-what-does-mean.html

Things are back to normal.

Thanks

Rick